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Lauren Bush Lauren (born Lauren Pierce Bush; June 25, 1984) is the CEO and co-founder of FEED Projects. She is also known for her previous career as a
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and
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. She is the daughter of
Neil Bush Neil Mallon Bush (born January 22, 1955) is an American businessman and investor. He is the fourth of six children of former President George H. W. Bush and Barbara Bush (née Pierce). His five siblings are George W. Bush, the 43rd President o ...
and Sharon Bush (née Smith), granddaughter of former
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George H. W. Bush and niece of former
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and former
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.


Early life and education

Bush was born in
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,
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, on June 25, 1984, and raised in
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,
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. She attended high school at The Kinkaid School in Houston, as did her sister Ashley and brother Pierce. In her senior year at Kinkaid, she interned for the
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television show '' Friends''. She was a debutante, making her formal debut in a Dior haute couture gown at le Bal des débutantes in Paris, France in 2000. Bush studied
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at BEBE and
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and graduated from
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in 2006 with a
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in
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and a certificate in
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. She was a member of
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, one of Princeton's eleven eating clubs.


Career

Bush was signed with
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before launching FEED. She has been featured on the covers of ''
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'' and '' Vanity Fair'' and has frequently modelled for
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, as well as for Abercrombie & Fitch and designers
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and
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. Bush was an intern on the television
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'' Friends'', making a cameo in one episode, and interned alongside
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with designer Zac Posen. In 2005, Bush traveled to Chad as a Student Ambassador for the
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. In 2007, Lauren launched FEED Projects, a social business to fight world hunger on behalf of the UN World Food Programme. Bush relaunched her fashion label on September 11, 2008, under the name "Lauren Pierce". About her decision to use her middle name, Pierce, as opposed to her last name for the title of her line, Bush stated in November 2008 that it "wasn't a conscious decision." Further pressed, Bush said, "Obviously my last name is associated with politics. But Pierce is my grandmother's maiden name and my younger brother's name. It's not about downplaying my last name as much as it is about loving Pierce. And my brother is very flattered." Former President George H. W. Bush and
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were in the front row at the Lauren Pierce Spring 2011 show during the inaugural Houston Fashion Week, in October 2010.


Activism

FEED Projects has donated over 100 million meals as of October 2017 through the sale of products and fundraising activations. In 2014, Lauren led FEED in launching FEED Supper, a 30-day fundraising activation, which asks people to host dinner parties where guests donate to hunger alleviation. In 2015, she signed an open letter for which the ONE Campaign had been collecting signatures; the letter was addressed to
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and Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, urging them to focus on women as they serve as the heads of the G7 in Germany and the AU in South Africa, respectively, which would start to set the priorities in development funding before a main UN summit in September 2015 to establish new development goals for the generation.


Honors

In 2012, Lauren was announced as the first National Lady Godiva Honoree of the
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Program. In 2013, she became the 2013 Advocacy Award recipient from the World of Children Awards, in celebration of the significant work she and her organization, FEED Projects, have done for hungry children worldwide. For her work with FEED, she was named one of '' Fortune'''s Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs in 2009 and one of '' Inc.''’s 30 Under 30 in 2010. She has also received the 2010 Accessories Council Humanitarian Award, the 2011 Stevie Award for Best Non-Profit Executive, the 2011 Fashion Group International Humanitarian Award and the 2013 Women in Communications Award (WiCi). In 2014, Lauren was named as one of ''
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''’ 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneurs and one of Crain's 40 Under 40.


Personal life

Bush has been a
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since she was four years old. In 2004, Bush began dating David Lauren, son of fashion designer Ralph Lauren. On September 4, 2011, the pair married in Colorado. Their first son, James Richard Lauren, was born on November 21, 2015. Their second son, Max Walker Lauren, was born on April 19, 2018, two days after Barbara Bush died. Their third son, Robert Rocky Lauren, was born on April 10, 2021.


References


External links


Lauren Bush
Video produced by '' Makers: Women Who Make America''
FEED Projects, raising awareness and funds to help feed hungry children around the world


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on 2005 Bal des Débutantes

from '' Style magazine''
Lauren Bush participating in Georgetown University's World Hunger fair from The People Speak

Lauren Bush participating in the Stand Up Against Global Poverty Event at Georgetown University
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